Romanticism is one of the most important movements in the history of Polish culture. Nevertheless, in fact we did not have many painters that would be truly the representatives of theRomantic art: not only in the subject of their paintings but also in their style. Romantic painting is often described…
Lecture for Seniors in Gdów
On Tuesday 26th January I will be honored to give a lecture for Seniors of Gdów (Lesser Poland), at their Third Age University. W will meet at 6.30 pm and I will talk about the famous high altar in St Mary’s church in Cracow, created by Veit Stoss. See you…
Closed event
The lecture on the history of medieval manuscript illumination will be provided by me on Saturday October 24th exclusively for the students of the Barbara Bodziony’s School of Calligraphy and Illumination. It will be the second part of a bigger cycle and this lecture will focus on the ottonian and Romanesque…
Drunken Mysteries
At the turn of December and January Ancient Greeks celebrated so called Rural Dionysia, which was a feast of the first tasting of a new wine from latest harvest. Greek Dionysus was a very important but also mysterious god – the Dionysian Mysteries were a ritual considered by the scholars…
Closed event
The lecture on the history of medieval culture will be provided by me on Saturday November 21st exclusively for the students of the Barbara Bodziony’s School of Calligraphy and Illumination. The lecture will focus on the medieval gray-scale painting (called En Grisaille).